Al Shabaab

What is Tim Walz's role in Minnesota's welfare fraud scandal? - explainer

The Trump administration is ramping up federal enforcement in Minnesota, citing massive fraud tied to state programs, as Governor Tim Walz steps aside under growing scrutiny over oversight failures.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz visiting Columbus, Ohio, April 6, 2025; illustrative.
A LARGE ‘Free Palestine’ sign is seen at a soccer game in Istanbul, Turkey, in late 2025. It is hypocritical that countries supporting calls for Palestinian statehood often oppose recognition for Somaliland and Kurdistan, the writer says.

Statehood hypocrisy: Why it's no for Somaliland, Kurdistan, but yes for Palestine - opinion

Israel broke a diplomatic taboo by recognizing Somaliland and triggered a predictable storm of outrage and conspiracy theories.

|BySUZAN QUITAZ
Cholo Abdi Abdullah training as a pilot as part of an al-Shabaab plot to attack on US soil.

Justice Dept. sentences al-Shabaab terrorist for planning 9/11-inspired plane hijacking, crash plot

A Kenyan al-Shabaab operative was sentenced to two life terms after plotting a 9/11-style aircraft attack on US soil, including training as a pilot to hijack a commercial plane.

|ByJAMES GENN
14-year-old Bondi shooting survivor, Chaya Dadon, looks at a menorah in Sydney, Australia, December 19, 2025.

Australia honors Bondi Beach attack victims as PM Albanese orders safety review

A day earlier, Australia's Jewish community gathered at Bondi Beach for prayers, while hundreds of swimmers and surfers formed a huge circle in the waters off the beach to honor victims.

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Suicide bomber kills well-known Somali journalist

Al Shabaab, which wants to overthrow the government and impose its own strict interpretation of Islamic law, confirmed it was behind the attack.

NOVEMBER 20, 2021ByREUTERS
A Somali soldier holds position as civilians evacuate from the scene of a suicide explosion after al-Shabaab militia stormed a government building in Mogadishu, Somalia, March 23, 2019.

Ugandan army says it has killed 189 al Shabaab fighters in Somalia

Ugandan troops are part of the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia, whose aim is to support the central government and stop al Shabaab's efforts to topple it.

JANUARY 23, 2021ByREUTERS
Al-Shabaab fighter at food distribution camp Somalia 31 (R)

Car bomb targeting Turkish company kills four in Somalia - ministry

Turkey has been a major source of aid to Somalia following a famine in 2011 as Ankara seeks to increase its influence in the Horn of Africa.

JANUARY 2, 2021ByREUTERS
SOMALIA: Until 2011, al Shabaab controlled much of the Horn of Africa country including Mogadishu. Its militants often stage bomb and gun attacks in the capital in their quest to topple the Western-backed government and impose their own strict interpretation of sharia (Islamic law) on the nation. In

Mass terror killings in Nigeria put US Somalia withdrawal in spotlight

The US decisions in Africa could send a message to groups destroying northern Nigeria, like Boko Haram, that the US is not committed in the long term.

DECEMBER 6, 2020BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
FILE PHOTO: People stand amid the damage at a camp for displaced people after an attack by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in Dalori, Nigeria November 1, 2018

US decision to withdraw troops dismays some Somalis

Senator Ayub Ismail Yusuf said the decision was "extremely regrettable."

DECEMBER 5, 2020ByREUTERS
A soldier from Somalia's Ras-Kamboni paramilitary group stands guard as he monitors activities at the sea port in lower juba regions in Kismayu February 27, 2013.

Trump to withdraw most troops from Somalia as part of global pullback

The mission has received little attention in the United States, but is considered a cornerstone of the Pentagon's global efforts to combat al Qaeda.

DECEMBER 5, 2020ByREUTERS
US Army soldiers, assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF), 101st Airborne Division on a mission to bolster the security of Manda Bay Airfield, Kenya after an attack by Somalia's al Shabaab militants that killed three Americans, board a transport plane in Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti January 5,

Death toll from attack on Mogadishu hotel rises to 16

Islamist insurgent group al Shabaab said it was behind the assault on the Elite Hotel in Lido beach, and that its gunmen battled security forces who rushed to the scene.

AUGUST 17, 2020ByREUTERS
SOMALIA: Until 2011, al Shabaab controlled much of the Horn of Africa country including Mogadishu. Its militants often stage bomb and gun attacks in the capital in their quest to topple the Western-backed government and impose their own strict interpretation of sharia (Islamic law) on the nation. In

Blast rocks military base in Somali capital, at least eight dead

Somalia has been embroiled in deadly violence since 1991, when clan warlords overthrew leader Siad Barre and then turned on each other.

AUGUST 8, 2020ByREUTERS
Somali security officers assess the scene of a suicide car bomb explosion, at the gate of Naso Hablod Two Hotel in Hamarweyne district of Mogadishu, Somalia October 29, 2017.

Casualty reports show shifting tactics of US clandestine war in Africa

The US has long had a military role in Africa, but much of it was in the shadows.

JULY 30, 2020BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
US Army soldiers, assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF), 101st Airborne Division on a mission to bolster the security of Manda Bay Airfield, Kenya after an attack by Somalia's al Shabaab militants that killed three Americans, board a transport plane in Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti January 5,

Somalian Islamist group al Shabaab: We set up COVID-19 treatment centre

"International health organisations said COVID-19 is terribly spreading in countries of Africa continent."

JUNE 12, 2020ByREUTERS
Policemen security forces secure the scene where al-Shabaab militia stormed a government building in Mogadishu